A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rig(g)et, n. Also: -at; -art, -ert; reget. (North. e.m.E. (1559) ryget, rigolde (1584), altered forms of e.m.E. ridgell (1597) an animal which has been imperfectly castrated, or whose genital organs are not properly developed; a rig. Appar. ultim. f. rig the backbone (Rig n. 1), in reference to the supposed location of the undescended testicle. See also Riglin(g n.) Also attrib. —1560 Kinnaird Farm Bk. fol. 103b.
Daill wodderis, … ane daill rigert Ib. 104b.
Rigartis 1563 Ib. fol. 20b.
Be slachter scheip of ram and rigat Ib.
Riggettis —1562 Kinnaird Farm Bk. fol. 15b.
Ane rigget wedder, ane dilmont 1570 Ib. fol. 57.
Of reget wedderis
